*Official* England in South Africa

[King Pietersen]

Morkel looked in alot of pain after the last few deliveries of that over, definitely looked to be more than just a blister, or his boots being abit tight. Hopefully he's ok, was really enjoying the battle between him and Bell, thought he was bowling beautifully. Hopefully it's nothing serious.

 

[grecian]

what happened?

Morkel cruising in with the easy speed and menace of a tiger shark - short, fast, climbing into Bell's gloves - the ball spins away, high, Duminy goes full length on the dash round from point - has he caught it? The South Africans are celebrating, but Duminy's shrugging his shoulders - let's have a look - get out of it, he's spilled it as he landed and then rolled over the ball twice before it lodges in the crook of his elbow. Roars of anger from the England fans, and the atmosphere out there could poison a rhino.

Not gonna add my comments, as they'd be a tad rude.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Hard to get interested in this game after the ****ing disgraceful treatment of Onions. First they keep giving the new ball to bloody Broad over him, then when they do finally give him the new ball it's only for a pathetic 4 over spell when he's renown for bowling long spells for Durham. He comprehensively outbowls the other seamers apart from the last Test where he wasn't at his best but it was a pretty dead pitch anyway bar the new ball period and the first morning. Regardless he saves two Tests in the series with the bat. Now he gets dropped for a guy who hasn't shown he's match fit.

****ing disgraceful. Absolutely ****ing disgraceful.

 

[King Pietersen]

Bell gone. Jaffer from Steyn though, can't really complain about Bell's shot selection there, really jagged in off the seam. Superb bowling, we're in real trouble now!

Scaly still enjoying supporting England....

 

[pasag]

Thanks mate, I do my best.

\_/

 

[Kyle]

Not gonna add my comments, as they'd be a tad rude.

Did you see the incident? He wasn't sure if the ball had held up as he fell.

He didn't claim it, and Smith went straight to the umpires to ask them to review it.

 

[social]

What a bad a shot that was and/or how crap/spineless/rubbish/predictable Bell is

Oh wait ....

 

[social]

Hard to get interested in this game after the ****ing disgraceful treatment of Onions. First they keep giving the new ball to bloody Broad over him, then when they do finally give him the new ball it's only for a pathetic 4 over spell when he's renown for bowling long spells for Durham. He comprehensively outbowls the other seamers apart from the last Test where he wasn't at his best but it was a pretty dead pitch anyway bar the new ball period and the first morning. Regardless he saves two Tests in the series with the bat. Now he gets dropped for a guy who hasn't shown he's match fit.

****ing disgraceful. Absolutely ****ing disgraceful.

Tough luck but he's hardly Glenn McGrath

 

[Craig]

England really do need to somehow get to 200.

 

[aussie]

The mad thing is Aussie, I reckon the pitch would have suited Onions too.

Definately. But going into the series as i argued way back i sort of felt such a surface would arrive somewhere based on seeing past series in SA (most recently AUS tour last year) - thus this surface to date seems like the "horses for courses" condition for Harmo.

Anderson is already the swing bowler. So if they could drop Onions for Sidebottom here, Harmo would have been a better replacement for this one test alone.

 

[grecian]

Did you see the incident? He wasn't sure if the ball had held up as he fell.

He didn't claim it, and Smith went straight to the umpires to ask them to review it.

Yes I did and they shouldn't of reviewed it, they should of withdrawn the appeal, because it bounced on the floor about 4 times. They were just hoping the camera hadn't picked it up.

Anyway, Steyn and Morkel have bowled really well, shame that we're going to get bowled out by a two-man attack though. Not as frustrated as normal by an England batting display, not many of 'em have thrown it away, like normal.

 

[King Pietersen]

Definately. But going into the series as i argued way back i sort of felt such a surface would arrive somewhere based on seeing past series in SA (most recently AUS tour last year) - thus this surface to date seems like the "horses for courses" condition for Harmo.

Anderson is already the swing bowler. So if they could drop Onions for Sidebottom here, Harmo would have been a better replacement for this one test alone.

Not Mark Davies then?

Prior gone as well. This is a laughable batting display. Bell and Collingwood the only 2 batsmen to show any grit or detirmination. Really could do with Swanneh coming in and smacking a triple century.

 

[Kyle]

Yes I did and they shouldn't of reviewed it, they should of withdrawn the appeal, because it bounced on the floor about 4 times. They were just hoping the camera hadn't picked it up.

Anyway, Steyn and Morkel have bowled really well, shame that we're going to get bowled out by a two-man attack though. Not as frustrated as normal by an England batting display, not many of 'em have thrown it away, like normal.

It didn't bounce on the floor four times. You really think you can see that, whilst flying through the air?

How about Prince's refered dismissal when the bat was a foot away from the ball? By your rules, surely England appealing was cheating? They'd have a much better chance of seeing that.

 

[roseboy64]

Yes I did and they shouldn't of reviewed it, they should of withdrawn the appeal, because it bounced on the floor about 4 times. They were just hoping the camera hadn't picked it up.

Anyway, Steyn and Morkel have bowled really well, shame that we're going to get bowled out by a two-man attack though. Not as frustrated as normal by an England batting display, not many of 'em have thrown it away, like normal.

Rubbish. He wasn't looking at the ball when it dropped on the ground and could easily have figured it caught in his clothes when he felt it back after popping out.

 

[roseboy64]

Duminy drops one.

 

[grecian]

Yeah, I'm probably wrong, but I reckon he knew he dropped it, doesn't really matter anymore, TBH.

 

[Xuhaib]

Duminy drops one.

 

[0RI0N]

Duminy drops one.

he did not.
Kallissss

 

[King Pietersen]

Brilliant. Another cheap wicket, nice effort Broady....

 

[roseboy64]

And now Broad gone.